- Struggling
- artist,
- Hugh,
- thinks
- he’s
- made
- it
- when
- he’s
- commissioned
- to
- paint
- a
- mural
- on
- the
- gable
- end
- wall
- of
- a
- tenement
- building
- in
- his
- beloved
- Glasgow
- .
He
- paints
- a
- nude
- of
- his
- first
- love,
- Davina.
- But
- she’s
- married
- to
- senior
- policeman,
- Crawford,
- now
- and
- he’s
- not
- happy
- about
- this
- portrayal
- of
- his
- wife.
- He
- sets
- police
- unit
- The
- Mad
- Skwad
- the
- task
- of
- sorting
- Hugh
- out,
- and
- has
- him
- barred
- from
- all
- the
- city’s
- businesses.
Enter
- a
- whimsical
- world
- where
- romantic
- ideals
- meet
- sheer
- idiocy,
- populated
- by
- a
- biker
- called
- Midden,
- a
- tramp
- called
- The
- Shame,
- a
- gang
- leader
- called
- Slab
- and
- a
- gorgeous,
- naked,
- redhead
- called
- The
- Stormer.
The
- Sunday
- Times
- called
- the
- stage
- version
- “…an
- off-beat
- romantic
- comedy,
- full
- of
- incident,
- colour
- and
- suspense".
Glaswegian
- Gurmeet
- Mattu
- is
- a
- scriptwriter
- and
- winner
- of
- the
- Scottish
- Screen
- First
- Draft
- Award.
- The
- Stormer
- is
- his
- first novel.
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